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About IJES

The International Journal of Exercise Science (IJES), published by Western Kentucky University, is dedicated to advancing the field of movement science by providing a platform for research-minded professionals, with a special emphasis on serving students and early-career investigators. IJES seeks to foster the development of scholarly dissemination and peer-review skills in both students and professionals, supporting the next generation of researchers in their contributions to exercise science.

Aligned with this mission, IJES requires that all submissions include at least one author who is/was either (1) a student or (2) an early-career investigator (see notations below). This individual (or individuals) must have played a significant and active role in the conceptualization, execution, and/or development of the submitted project. Through this approach, IJES aims to cultivate a collaborative research environment that nurtures growth, refines research competencies, and strengthens the foundation for further contributions to the field of movement sciences.

Authorship Requirements

IJES utilizes a double-blind review process, so all identifying author information must be contained within the cover letter provided to the editors. In your submission's cover letter, you will identify each authors' academic status using the notations below:

    * Denotes student investigator (undergraduate and graduate degree seekers).
    † Denotes an early-career investigator. Individuals within five years of completing their terminal degree or postgraduate training or those with a terminal degree who are still under professional guidance (e.g., in residency).
    ‡ Denotes established investigator. Individuals more than five years beyond their terminal degree or training.

ALL submissions must include at least one author identified as a student or early-career investigator. Authors are welcome to dual affiliate when appropriate.

Example

Whitley Stone‡1, Grant Malone*1,2, Dustin Davis†1,2, James Navalta‡3

    1. School of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
    2. Department of Kinesiology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
    3. University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Copyright

All published work by IJES is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons License

Copyright for all works published by IJES is retained by the authors. IJES holds no copyright to any of its published works.

The International Journal of Exercise Science conforms to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) funding model in that it all content is freely available to individuals and institutions without an embargo period. Users may "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of the articles" (1)

IJES is recognized by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors as a journal that follows the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Authors must guarantee that submitted manuscripts have not been published elsewhere, are not currently under review elsewhere, and has been submitted with the full knowledge of their institutional home. Please note that ALL manuscripts are reviewed for originality using the latest, most up-to-date iThenticate software, prior to being assigned for peer-review. Any manuscript not meeting originality requirements will be rejected without peer-review.

All manuscripts will be reviewed based on intellectual content without regard for age, gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, country of origin, or political philosophy of the authors.

All manuscripts submitted for peer-review are kept strictly confidential by editors and reviewers. At no time will editors or reviewers utilize submitted materials without the written consent of the authors.

Indexing

The International Journal of Exercise Science is indexed in PubMed Central, the database within PubMed for open-access journals. There is a fee to be indexed in PubMed Central. Authors agree to pay the following indexing fee only if the article is accepted for publication: $499USD. There are no fees for submission.

Indexed in PubMed Central, EBSCO, SPORTDiscus, Google Scholar and Scopus.